EdTechSR Ep 346 AI Hallucinations & Hardware

What this episode covers

Check out our Episode 346 from February 5 2025! (Although this episode published instantly to YouTube, we are late getting this posted on edtechSR.com and our Substack…) Here are all the links we discussed in the show: * Google launches new AI models and brings ‘thinking’ to Gemini (TechCrunch, 5 Feb 2025) * Elon Musk Wants to Get Operational Control of the Treasury’s Payment System. This Could Not Possibly Be More Dangerous (Nathan Tankus, 3 Feb 2025) * China opens Google antitrust probe in retaliation to tariffs (The Verge 4 Feb 2025) * Microsoft has a big Windows 10 problem, and it’s running out of time to solve it (ZDnet, 4 Feb 2025) * Robocallers posing as FCC staff blocked after robocalling real FCC staff (ArsTechnica, 5 Feb 2025) * Drone locates missing hiker at Crowders Mountain State Park (WBTV Charlotte, NC: 3 Feb 2025) * Drones are now launching drones to attack other drones in Ukraine (ArsTechnica, 4 Feb 2025) * Shein and Temu depend on a 100-year-old tariff loophole that Trump wants to close (The Verge, 3 Feb 2025) * Jason’s Geek of the Week: https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/operating-system/ * Wes’ Geeks of the Week: AI Chatbot Ethics – Sharing Mastodon Lists Here are the links which made our show notes Google Doc, but we didn’t have time to discuss: * Irony alert: Anthropic says applicants shouldn’t use LLMs (ArsTechnica, 4 Feb 20205) * ByteDance’s Deepfake Tool Creates Convincing Videos From One Photo (PetaPixel, 5 Feb 2025) - Einstein video * Google owner drops promise not to use AI for weapons (The Guardian, 5 Feb 2025) - stopkillerrobots.org * 6 unsettling thoughts Google's former CEO has about artificial intelligence (NPR, 5 Feb 2025) * Ex-Google engineer faces new US charges he stole AI secrets for Chinese companies (Reuters, 5 Feb 2025) * Skillfully (Case study via Anthropic) * Introducing DeepSeek-V3 (DeepSeek API Docs; 26 December 2024) * DeepSeek: all the news about the startup that’s shaking up AI stocks (The Verge; 31 January 2025) * Downloading DeepSeek could land you a 20-year prison sentence, $1M fine under proposed US bill (Fox29; 5 February 2025) * The Dangerous A.I. Nonsense That Trump and Biden Fell For (NYT; 5 February 2025) * DeepSeek security concerns and what people get wrong about the app vs. the model (CNBC via YouTube) * DeepSeek: What Actually Matters (for the everyday user) (Jeff Su, YouTube) * Apple’s attempt to intervene in the Google Search antitrust trial is denied (The Verge, 3 Feb 2025) * Many Americans still don’t understand how easily IoT devices can get bricked (ArsTechnica, 5 Feb 2025) * Macs under attack from North Korean malware stealing passwords and more — how to stay safe (Toms Guide, 4 Feb 2025) * $42B broadband grant program may scrap Biden admin’s preference for fiber (ArsTechnica, 4 Feb 2025) * Judge blocks Sandy Hook families’ settlement over Alex Jones bankruptcy (The Guardian, 5 Feb 2025) * Google says commercial quantum computing applications arriving within five years (Reuters, 5 Feb 2025) Get full access to EdTech Situation Room Podcast at edtechsr.substack.com/subscribe